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where the united states is now ahead in the medal count by 10. >> very cool. the united states now has 90 medals total. 39 of them gold. china has 80 total. 37 gold. ahead in both accounts on that. russian federation, 56, 12 are gold. >> the story everyone is talking about, the amazing win by the u.s. women's soccer team over japan. the women avenged their world cup loss last year and took home the gold with a score of 2-1. midfielder carly lloyd scored both u.s. goals. the victory was sweet revenge for the americans. they played before a record crowd of nearly 80,000 fans. this was the third gold medal for the u.s. women's soccer team. well done, ladies. >> needless to say, the american women are truly dominating these games. the women's polo team won its first olympic gold with an 8-5 win over spain. team usa has been competitive in the game. but only managed to win silver and bronze in year's past. >> a first for the olympic games. a gold medal for a female boxer. american claressa shields, punched her way to the gold medal. shields who is 17 years old, bea
where the united states is now ahead in the medal count by 10. >> very cool. the united states now has 90 medals total. 39 of them gold. china has 80 total. 37 gold. ahead in both accounts on that. russian federation, 56, 12 are gold. >> the story everyone is talking about, the amazing win by the u.s. women's soccer team over japan. the women avenged their world cup loss last year and took home the gold with a score of 2-1. midfielder carly lloyd scored both u.s. goals. the victory...
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. >> the tallest in the united states. >> tallest building in the united states. that's right. even taller than the building, still sears tower in chicago. i know you know chicago. >> hancock building. >> there you go. >> we can call it the sears. >> the willis. >> what you talking about, willis. >> used to be the second largest, the hancock, the willis. call it sears tower. >> let's just move on. there is no sign of a breakthrough in chicago. teachers strike, enters day three at 350,000 students remaining out of the classroom. the union president says they're miles apart from reaching any agreements. more from abc's alex perez. >> reporter: union teachers holding strong at the picket line in chicago, refusing to back down. >> we did not start this fight. >> reporter: the fight is about a program that would eventually base as much as 40% of a teacher's evaluation on standardized test scores. a formula that union argues will unfairly cost teachers their jobs. the mayor believes the new measure will help turn around the district's staggering statistics. >> it is about ensuring ov
. >> the tallest in the united states. >> tallest building in the united states. that's right. even taller than the building, still sears tower in chicago. i know you know chicago. >> hancock building. >> there you go. >> we can call it the sears. >> the willis. >> what you talking about, willis. >> used to be the second largest, the hancock, the willis. call it sears tower. >> let's just move on. there is no sign of a breakthrough in...
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states. abc's david muir caught up with the senator. >> reporter: he is the quickly rising hispanic star of politics. here in miami in his cuban-american neighborhood, he is still that boy who would come in after school. >> vice president? >> not now. >> not now. >> reporter: we had been invited to spend time with senator marco rubio. back at his home he had to excuse himself working on his response after news broke of obama's policy change no longer deporting immigrants. >> kids will take this as good news they're desperate for some sort of resolution. it is a short term solution. >> reporter: the president should not have done this? >> not by executive order he should have worked with congress. >> reporter: president obama's team -- >> i am glad you mention the dream act. i have an alternative. i have never gotten a call from the white house. if they want to work on a solution why wouldn't somebody call me. >> reporter: come november hispanic voters will have a powerful voice. president oba
states. abc's david muir caught up with the senator. >> reporter: he is the quickly rising hispanic star of politics. here in miami in his cuban-american neighborhood, he is still that boy who would come in after school. >> vice president? >> not now. >> not now. >> reporter: we had been invited to spend time with senator marco rubio. back at his home he had to excuse himself working on his response after news broke of obama's policy change no longer deporting...
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we have a campaign that is tied with the incumbent president of the united states. >> reporter: tied in national polls but not leading in any states that may decide the race. and after the release of a secretly taped video of romney saying 47% of americans are victims that want handouts, the head of the republican party was asked about the apparent disconnect over changing strategy. >> but is he in denial? >> no, i don't think so, george. i think that we had a good week last week. we were able to frame up the debate. >> reporter: while romney says he doesn't need a turnaround, his campaign is kicking off a new strategy. advisers promise an intense battleground schedule in colorado, then ohio and virginia. it's still not enough to quiet even republican critics. >> their core problem was carefulness, inability to focus on their own essential meaning. >> i think he's a nonideological person running an extremely ideological age, and he's faking it. >> reporter: comments like those prompted comments like this from ann romney a few days ago. >> stop it. this is hard. you want to try it? ge
we have a campaign that is tied with the incumbent president of the united states. >> reporter: tied in national polls but not leading in any states that may decide the race. and after the release of a secretly taped video of romney saying 47% of americans are victims that want handouts, the head of the republican party was asked about the apparent disconnect over changing strategy. >> but is he in denial? >> no, i don't think so, george. i think that we had a good week last...